WALTON v. JENNINGS COMMUNITY HOSP., INC.

No. 88-1613.

875 F.2d 1317 (1989)

F. Richard WALTON, M.D., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JENNINGS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INC., and Louie C. Vaught, Individually and as Administrator of Jennings Community Hospital, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 26, 1989.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 20, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Kemps, Tabbert & Ford, Indianapolis, Ind., for plaintiff-appellant.

Frederick W. LaCava, Frederick W. LaCava & Associates, Indianapolis, Ind., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUDAHY and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and GRANT, Senior District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 20, 1989.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

A surgeon, Richard Walton, resigned from the medical staff of Jennings Community Hospital, Inc. ("Jennings") following the initiation of disciplinary proceedings against him. Before leaving, Walton negotiated a settlement agreement with Jennings that specified what the hospital was to say in response to any inquiries regarding Walton's future employment. When Jennings' administrator...

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